Quilt Market

We hear it's snowing in Minnesota - but Susan and I are having a great time in Houston at International Quilt Market! There's so much great energy and inspiration. Here we are in the "Me & My Sister" booth on our way to see the new Moda fabric lines. We ordered some really fun groups from their Metro lines. We know the staff at the shop will be glad to hear we ordered the new "Chez Moi" line. It's called "Hunky Dory" and should be delivered in March 2010.

We're coming up with some fun new ideas and seeing lots of great new products.
We walked through the entire show today - we just barely finished the last aisle at closing time. Tomorrow we'll walk the entire show again and make some decisions. We'll also make sure we have some time to walk through the fantastic quilt exhibits. We'll wrap things up on Monday morning with an appointment in the Hoffman Fabrics booth - always a highlight of the trip to market.

Nancy

Too fun!

The latest fabric line from American Jane has just arrived - "Happy Campers". This fun fabric line from Moda includes bright primary colors and some great vintage pieces.

Vine Creek

Loads of new fabric for fall is arriving at the shop. Fans of designs by Kansas Troubles will love their new line - Vine Creek. It's a great selection of green, red, blue and brown in those great colors you expect.
We have the whole line in stock!
Nancy

Scrap Tamers Mystery Quilt

The mystery has been revealed! This is a photo of my Scrap Tamer mystery quilt from last session, Sept. 2008-August 2009. Many of the club members made it from their stashes. How fun to see so many fabric combinations as they've been choosing their border fabric. I'm guessing we will see several for show and tell when the new club starts. The first session of the next Scrap Tamers Club will meet on Sept 19 and run for 9 months. There is still room in the afternoon sessions if you missed the signup day. We will again make a mystery quilt as part of the club. Check out the class schedule if you'd like more information about Scrap Tamers.
Susan

Upcoming demos

We have 2 demo days coming up this week. The 2nd Wed Demo on September 9 will be on the technique in the book Layer 'em Up by Sharon Craig. A fun fast technique for making the X block. We will demo this technique from 1:00 - 5:00.





On Saturday, September 12th, we will demonstrate the Layer 'em Up technique again. In addition, we will also demonstrate the technique from the book Sew Simple Pineapple by Karin Hellaby. This is a technique to make the pineapple block using only easily cut squares of fabric. Those 2 demos will run continuously from 10:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 3:00. Come see us on Saturday to learn about these 2 fun techniques.

Hope to see you on Wednesday Sept 9 or Saturday the 12th.
Susan

Peppermint Purse

What a fun and wild week it has been! The Quilt Minnesota shop hop is in full swing and quilters are having a ball. It still goes until August 16th, so if you haven't started, there is still time. Visit the 12 shops in the metro section to be eligible for some great prizes. I did have time this week to make a new sample. This is the Peppermint Purse from the book Big Bags Little Bags by Atkinson Designs. I used the Quick YoYo Maker by Clover. I thought it turned out really cute.
Susan

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler Club

We just had our first meetings of the Sylvia's Bridal Sampler Club. We had a group on Monday night and another on Tuesday night. Everyone will be making the quilt from the book Sylvia's Bridal Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts by Jennifer Chiaverini. The quilt is made of 140 ~ 6" blocks. The photo shows a sampling of the blocks we talked about in our first session. We will meet for the 2nd session in July and then after that one time a quarter. Our plan is to put on a quilt show of these quilts in January 2012. If you had not heard about the club or missed signing up, we will repeat the 1st 2 sessions again in the Fall, followed by the 3rd session. Watch for information in the Fall newsletter. Sign up for the 1st 2 sessions and you will be ready to continue on with the group. Come in to the shop to see some samples up close! We have about 70 quilters working on their quilts now! Nancy and I are thrilled that so many of our quilting friends are joining us in this adventure.
Happy quilting! Susan